Buy gold and silver to hedge risks in 2020. IG interview Mark O’Byrne of GoldCore With late cycle risks and concerns about global growth, many Wall Street analysts are increasingly bullish on gold. Mark O’Byrne, founder at GoldCore spoke to IGTV’s Victoria Scholar about the outlook for gold in 2020. He explained why most analysts including GoldCore are optimistic on both gold and silver. He also tells IGTV why he thinks palladium is looking overvalued in the near...
Read More »Fed Is Monetizing 90 percent of U.S. Deficit to Keep Interest Rates from Rising and Crashing Markets
By Daniel R. Amerman, CFA As can be seen in the graph above, for the last 12 weeks there has been a stunning visual correlation between the yellow bars of the total weekly funding of deficits by the Federal Reserve, and the green bars of the weekly deficit spending by the United States government. Total deficit spending, the extent to which monies spent by the federal government exceeded taxes collected, was a staggering $422 billion in just the last 12 weeks. In...
Read More »Gold Coins Worth Thousands Generously Donated To Salvation Army
Salvation Army volunteer James Bond found a gold coin valued at $1,500 inside his kettle in Noblesville. Source: Salvation Army via USA Today ◆ Gold coins worth thousands generously gifted to the charity again this year ◆ It just means so much … because it means that they went out of their way to do something extra special…” ◆ Salvation Army gold donors keep giving gold coins including Gold Krugerrands anonymously every year ◆ At least three gold coins worth some...
Read More »The Most Important UK Election of the Century So Far
There’s only one story in the UK this morning – it’s the day Britain goes to the polls. It’s no exaggeration to say that this election is probably the most important of the century so far. If the ruling Conservative party wins a clear majority, then some form of Brexit is almost certain to go ahead. If the Conservatives fail to win a majority, then, depending on the final makeup of any government, Brexit will likely be delayed or even derailed, with a second...
Read More »Gold $1600 In 2020 as Case for Diversifying into Gold ‘as Strong as Ever’ – Goldman
Gold will climb to $1,600 over the next year – Goldman◆ Goldman is still forecasting that gold will climb to $1,600 over the next year due to investment demand. ◆ Investors should diversify their long-term bond holdings with gold, citing “fear-driven demand” for the precious metal – Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ◆ “We still see upside in gold as late cycle concerns and heightened political uncertainty will likely support investment demand” for bullion as a defensive...
Read More »Largest Gold Nugget in Britain Found in River in Scotland – “Experts” Concerned About a Scottish Gold Rush
The largest gold nugget in Britain has been found in a Scottish river, as experts reveal that members of the public are taking up hunting after watching YouTube clips. The diver, who wishes to remain anonymous, discovered the £80,000 “doughnut-shaped” nugget using a method called “sniping”, in which a prospector uses a snorkel and hand tools to scan the riverbed for treasures. The 22-carat lump, found in two separate pieces ten minutes apart in an undisclosed river...
Read More »Global ‘Gold Rush’ Beginning As Investors and Central Banks Buy, Repatriate and Move Gold
◆ Gold is flowing to strong hands in safer forms of gold ownership, in safer jurisdictions ◆ Gold and silver bullion coins and bars owned by GoldCore’s clients have been moved from Hong Kong to Singapore ◆ Central bank and institutional gold rush is beginning as prudent money diversifies fx reserves by buying gold & repatriates their gold from London and New York ◆ Central banks are repatriating gold and buying gold as never before due to macroeconomic,...
Read More »$255 Trillion Global Debt Bubble May Burst In 2020 – Prepare Now
Source: Bloomberg ◆ Global debt has risen to another record at $255 trillion due to cheap borrowing costs. ◆ A decade of easy money has left the world with a record $250 trillion of government, corporate and household debt. ◆ This is almost three times global economic output and equates to about $32,500 for every man, woman and child on earth. ◆ “With central bank rates at their lowest levels and U.S. Treasuries at their richest valuations in 100 years, we appear to...
Read More »Eastern European Nations Buy and Repatriate Gold Due To Growing Risks To Euro and Dollar
◆ Prudent leaders in Eastern European countries are repatriating their national gold reserves and diversifying into gold due to geopolitical risks and monetary risks posed to the dollar, euro and pound ◆ Slovakia has joined China, Russia and a host of countries buying gold or seeking to repatriate their gold from the Bank of England and the New York Federal Reserve ◆ “Brexit and the risk of a global economic crisis put Slovak gold stored in Britain in a dangerous...
Read More »Global Gold Buyers Are ‘Confident’ in Gold
‘Retail Gold Insights 2019’ has just been published by the World Gold Council. It is a thematic analysis of their new consumer research survey. With a base of 18,000 participants across India, China, Russia, Germany, the US and Canada, we believe it is the largest ever consumer survey on the global gold market. 5 main themes of the report People are confident in – and loyal to – gold. Gold already has strong foundations and it’s important to know where that...
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